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Table 2 Survival rating among primary brain tumors for patients of different ages

From: Overcoming the blood–brain barrier for the therapy of malignant brain tumor: current status and prospects of drug delivery approaches

Type of cancer

Glioblastoma(%)

Low-grade (diffuse) astrocytoma(%)

Anaplastic astrocytoma(%)

Oligodendroglioma(%)

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma(%)

Ependymoma/anaplastic ependymoma(%)

Meningioma(%)

Age

20–44

22

73

58

90

76

92

84

45–54

9

46

29

82

67

90

79

55–64

6

26

15

69

45

87

74